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EP0138644B1
EP0138644B1 EP84401709A EP84401709A EP0138644B1 EP 0138644 B1 EP0138644 B1 EP 0138644B1 EP 84401709 A EP84401709 A EP 84401709A EP 84401709 A EP84401709 A EP 84401709A EP 0138644 B1 EP0138644 B1 EP 0138644B1
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  • the present invention relates to a plasmid vector and a host harboring the vector. More particularly, it relates to the plasmid vector suitable for use in expression of a protein and secretion of the expressed protein out of a host microbial cell.
  • the OmpF protein which is one of the proteins constituting the outer membrane of Escherichia coli , is one of the proteins produced most abundantly in E . coli .
  • the promoter and the ribosome binding region of the ompF gene are considered to effect the quite efficient functions.
  • the expression of the ompF gene is controlled in a complex fashion.
  • the ompB gene is known as a positive regulator gene for the ompF gene expression and the ompF gene can not be expressed in an ompB -deficient mutant.
  • the expression is also controlled by the osmotic pressure in the culture medium, that is, the expression of the ompF gene is prevented in a high osmotic medium.
  • Vector designated as pMH621 containing the E. coli ompF signal sequence, as well as 12 amino acids of the mature ompF protein attached to the amino acids of a foreign polypeptide including a beta-galactosidase fragment is presented in "Maniatis, T. et al. (1982), Molecular Cloning, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, pages 429-430" as a vector said as having potential to cause the secretion of fusion proteins. The Authors stated nevertheless that it was not known whether the signal sequence would be sufficient for export.
  • the entire DNA sequence of the ompF gene was found by the present inventors.
  • the OmpF protein is first synthesized in a precursor form having a signal peptide at the amino terminus.
  • the signal peptide which consists of 22 amino acids, is considered to play an essential role in the secretion of the OmpF protein out of the cytoplasmic membrane.
  • the OmpF protein which is present abundantly in the outer membrane in the quite stable form, has a strong affinity with the peptidoglycan constituting the cell wall and this affinity permits the protein to be readily recovered from the cell and purified.
  • the present inventors have studied with a great effort the ompF gene coding for the outer membrane protein of Gram-negative bacteria including E . coli having the above-said properties while studying plasmids containing the ompF gene. Thus, these studies have led us to the present invention.
  • This invention provides a plasmid vector comprising a fragment which comprises the regulator region containing the ompF promoter of a Gram-negative bacterium, the region coding for the signal peptide of the OmpF protein and up to 30 nucleotides of the ompF structural gene, the fragment being inserted into a relaxed plasmid derived from E . coli .
  • the invention also provides E . coli strain suitable for use as a host of the vector.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing the construction of the plasmid according to the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is the restriction cleavage map of the Alu I fragment containing the ompF promoter
  • Fig. 3 is the restriction cleavage map of the Sau 3A- lpp fragment
  • Fig. 4 shows the DNA sequence of pHF006 ⁇ ENo.62 coding for the signal peptide of the OmpF protein and the OmpF- ⁇ -endorphin fused protein and the amino acid sequence deduced therefrom.
  • the starting plasmid for use herein may be any relaxed plasmid derived from E . coli , that is, any E . coli -derived plasmid found in multiple copies per cell such as pBR322, pBR325, pACYC184 and the like, plasmid pBR322 being most preferred.
  • the plasmid vector of the invention is constructed by inserting the specified DNA fragment containing the ompF promoter into the starting plasmid.
  • Illustrative examples of the DNA fragment are the following fragments (I), (II) and (III) containing the ompF promoter, which will be hereinafter described in more detail:
  • DNA fragments may be obtainable in the following manner, for example: ⁇ ompFl , which is an ompF -transducing phage of E . coli K-12 (journal of Bacteriology, 145 , 1085-1090 (1980)), is cleaved with the restriction enzyme: (i) Alu I, (ii) Alu I and Bgl II, or (iii) Alu I and Pst I (partial digestion) followed by isolating the produced fragment to obtain the fragment (I), (II) or (III).
  • ⁇ ompFl which is an ompF -transducing phage of E . coli K-12 (journal of Bacteriology, 145 , 1085-1090 (1980)
  • the restriction enzyme (i) Alu I, (ii) Alu I and Bgl II, or (iii) Alu I and Pst I (partial digestion) followed by isolating the produced fragment to obtain the fragment (I), (II)
  • the DNA fragment containing a part of the ompF structural gene which has an appropriate length of 30 or less nucleotides may be prepared in the following manner: Eco RI linkers are ligated to both ends of the Alu I fragment obtained above. The ligated DNA fragment is inserted into the single Eco RI site of pBR322 or the like. The Eco RI site at the 5'-terminus of the DNA fragment in the plasmid is partially digested, filled in with the use of DNA polymerase and then religated. The remaining Eco RI site in the plasmid is then digested and treated with Bal31, so that a part of the ompF structural gene is removed to give a modified ompF structural gene having an appropriate length. It should be noted that nucleotides are removed from both ends of the open plasmid by the Bal31 treatment.
  • a foreign gene may be inserted into an appropriate restriction site of a plasmid containing the ompF structural gene which has a single Eco RI site followed by reducing the length of the ompF structural gene in the similar manner as above-mentioned.
  • the ompF structural gene contained in the DNA fragment preferably comprises 20-26 nucleotides.
  • the fragment which comprises the regulator region containing the ompF promoter of a Gram-negative bacterium, the region coding for the signal peptide of the OmpF protein and 30 or less nucleotides of the ompF structural gene may be prepared either by chemically synthesizing the whole fragment or by chemically synthesizing a part of the fragment which is then ligated to the natural DNA corresponding to the remaining DNA sequence of the fragment by a method known to those skilled in the art.
  • the DNA fragment for use herein may be obtainable from the natural ompF operons and the method of preparation will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • the thus obtained fragment may be inserted into a relaxed plasmid derived from E . coli in the following manner:
  • the synthetic linker molecule has Eco RI, Hin dIII, Bam HI or Sal I recognition site. Eco RI linker is most preferable.
  • an Eco RI site may be formed at the terminus of the DNA fragment containing the ompF promoter in the following manner:
  • the fragment having cohesive ends or blunt ends formed by the digestion with the specified restriction enzyme such as Eco RI is inserted into a relaxed plasmid derived from E . coli at the site cleaved by the same restriction enzyme as above.
  • the plasmid vector of the invention which is obtained by insertion of the specified fragment containing the ompF promoter into a relaxed plasmid found in multiple copies per cell in E . coli , may be suitable for use as an expression vector.
  • the expression vector may be constructed by inserting a heterologous gene coding for a useful protein having a physiological activity into an appropriate restriction site which is found downstream near the promoter.
  • a cleavage site may be the restriction site at the 3'-terminus of the specified fragment containing the ompF promoter ( Bgl II site or the like), the restriction site in the synthetic linker ( Eco RI site or the like) when used, or an appropriate site in the relaxed plasmid which is downstream near the specified fragment.
  • heterologous gene transcription and translation of the heterologous gene should be under the control of the ompF promoter and, furthermore, the heterologous gene may occasionally be placed in phase in the correct reading frame by adding 2G-C base pairs or 4G-C base pairs to the fragment containing the ompF promoter in the conventional manner with the exception of the case of using the homopolymer-tailing method.
  • heterologous gene having different restriction sites at the 5'- and 3'-termini, respectively can be used so as to insert the gene with the proper orientation into the plasmid vector of the invention.
  • the plasmid vector thus obtained is introduced into a host strain of E . coli to produce the protein.
  • the host will be E . coli HB101, ⁇ 1776 and the like.
  • the host strain which can most suitably used to enhance production of the protein is any E . coli strain the protease activity of which is lost or reduced.
  • the protease activity is the activity of an enzyme which hydrolyzes a peptide linkage.
  • the protease activity is lost herein means that at least one of the several protease activities which are found in E . coli is deleted (lost).
  • the protease activity is reduced herein means that the protease activity is reduced to an extent less than the activity which a normal strain of E . coli such as E . coli HB101 has. Examples of E . coli strains the protease activity of which are lost are, for example, E . coli K-12 SM32, E . coli K-12 SM37, E .
  • E coli K-12 SM40 Journal of Bacteriology, 148 , 265-273 (1981) or the like.
  • a strain of E . coli the protease activity of which is reduced is E . coli N99 (Cell, 36 , 43-49 (1984)) or the like.
  • Such E . coli host may be cultured and transformed with the plasmid vector by any conventional method.
  • the use of the plasmid vector containing the ompF gene in which the fragment containing the ompF promoter comprises the gene coding for the signal peptide of the OmpF protein and a part of the structural gene of the OmpF protein downstream of the ompF promoter, provides the desired protein in the form of a stable fused protein comprising a part of the OmpF protein at the N-terminus.
  • the ompF promoter is such a strong promoter that the gene coding for the protein to be obtained is efficiently transcribed and translated.
  • the signal peptide of the OmpF protein enhances the secretion of the expressed protein out of the cytoplasmic membrane and, therefore, facilitates the separation and purification of the protein produced.
  • a DNA fragment containing the ompF gene was isolated from the DNA of ⁇ ompFl , which is an ompF transducing phage of E . coli K-12 (Journal of Bacteriology, 145 , 1085-1090 (1980)).
  • ⁇ ompFl was propagated in L-broth at 30°C according to the method described by Schrenk and Weisberg in Molecular & General Genetics, 137 , 101-107 (1975).
  • the ⁇ ompFl DNA was extracted with phenol in the conventional method and recovered by ethanol precipitation.
  • the ⁇ ompFl DNA was completely digested with the restriction enzyme Alu I and subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis.
  • the 528 bp Alu I fragment containing the ompF promoter (Fig. 2) was eluted and purified.
  • plasmid pBR322 was completely digested with Hind III at 37°C for one hour, treated with S1 nuclease at 20°C for one hour to remove the single-stranded portion, then treated with T4 DNA ligase at 4°C for 12 hours in the presence of Eco RI linker, digested with Eco RI at 37°C for one hour and finally treated with T4 DNA ligase to form a circular plasmid (Fig. 1).
  • the resulting plasmid was used for transformation of E . coli HB101 and plasmid pKEN005 was obtained from the transformant.
  • the previously obtained Alu I DNA fragment was mixed with Eco RI linker in the molar ratio of the Alu I fragment to the Eco RI linker of 1 : 10, treated with T4 DNA ligase at 4°C for 12 hours and further digested with Eco RI to obtain an Alu I fragment having Eco RI cohesive ends at both ends.
  • the Alu I fragment was introduced into the plasmid pKEN005 which had been digested with Eco RI at 37°C for one hour. Thus, plasmid pHF001 was obtained.
  • pKEN005 was digested with Eco RI, treated with S1 nuclease, mixed with the previously obtained Alu I fragment and ligated together by blunt end ligation with T4 DNA ligase (4°C, 12 hours). The resulting plasmid was used for transformation of E . coli and plasmid pHF002 was obtained from the transformant.
  • the plasmid pHF002 was digested with the restriction enzymes Bgl II and Sal I and a large fragment was obtained.
  • the plasmid pHF001 was also digested with Bgl II and Sal I and a small fragment was obtained. These two fragments were mixed and ligated by T4 DNA ligase at 4°C for 12 hours. The resultant plasmid was used for transformation of E . coli HB101 and plasmid pHF006 was obtained from the transformant.
  • Plasmid pKEN111 (12.2 Kbp) containing E . coli lpp gene (Journal of Bacteriology, 146 , 861-866 (1981)) was digested with Sau 3A to give approximately 400 bp fragment containing the lpp gene a part of which at the 5'-terminus had been deleted (Fig. 3).
  • the Bam HI- Bgl II fragment obtained from pHF002 by Bam HI and Bgl II digestion was mixed with the Sau 3A- lpp fragment and ligated by T4 DNA ligase at 4°C for 12 hours.
  • the resultant plasmid was used for transformation of E . coli HB101 and plasmid pHF100 was obtained from the transformant.
  • the plasmid pHF100 was used for transformation of E . coli K-12 strain JE5513 (The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 255 , 8, 3707-3712 (1980)), which is lack in lipoprotein.
  • the resulting ampicillin resistant colony which retained pHF100 was taken for analysis.
  • the bacterial membrane fraction labelled with 35S-methionine was reacted with the anti-lipoprotein antibody.
  • the precipitated fraction was electrophoresed on SDS-polyacrylamide gel and subjected to fluorography.
  • E . coli K-12 strain JE5512 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 255 , 8, 3707-3712 (1980) was used as lpp + strain.
  • Plasmid pA22 which was constructed by C. Weissmann et al., is a circular plasmid containing the amp promoter-operator region and an Eco RI site immediately after the initiation codon ATG.
  • Plasmid pBR322 was partially digested with Mbo II at 37°C for one hour, treated with S1 nuclease at 37°C for 15 minutes, then reacted with Pst I linker at 15°C for 10 hours to ligate.
  • the ligated plasmid DNA was digested with Pst I at 37°C for one hour and treated with T4 DNA ligase at 15°C for 14 hours to ligate.
  • the resulting circular plasmid was further digested with Eco RI at 37°C for one hour, treated with S1 nuclease and then treated with T4 DNA ligase at 15°C for 14 hours.
  • the ligated plasmid was digested with Pst I at 37°C for one hour, treated with S1 nuclease at 37°C for 15 minutes, reacted with Eco RI linker at 15°C for 14 hours in the presence of T4 DNA ligase and digested with Eco RI at 37°C for one hour followed by treatment with T4 DNA ligase at 15°C for 14 hours.
  • the resultant plasmid was used for transformation of E . coli HB101 and the plasmid DNA was prepared from the transformant according to Herenski's method (Biochemistry, 22 , 4428-4440, (1970)). DNA sequencing of the plasmid was carried out by the method of Maxam and Gilbert and, consequently, the DNA sequence to be desired was confirmed.
  • the precursor gene of approximately 11.5 Kbp was used as the starting material.
  • the gene is considered to code for the precursor protein comprising 267 amino acid residues and may be obtained from the generally available DNA derived from human placenta or similar materials by Nakanishi et al. method (Nature, 278 , 423-427 (1979)), for example.
  • the 11.5 Kbp fragment of the ACTH- ⁇ -LPH precursor gene was in vitro ligated in the presence of T4 DNA ligase at 15°C for 12 hours to the cleaved plasmid pBR322 which had been digested with Eco RI at 37°C for one hour.
  • the resulting plasmid was used for transforming E . coli ⁇ 1776.
  • the desired transformant was selected by Grunstein-Hogness colony hybridization method (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 72 , 3961-3965 (1975)).
  • Grunstein-Hogness colony hybridization method Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 72 , 3961-3965 (1975)
  • plasmid pHLA-1 was obtained from the transformant.
  • the plasmid pHLA-1 was digested with Eco RI at 37°C for one hour and with Bgl II at 37°C for one hour. The digestion mixture was subjected to 5% polyacrylamide gel to isolate 2.0 Kbp fragment. This fragment was introduced into pBR322 instead of the 375 bp Eco RI- Bam HI fragment. After transformation of E . coli , plasmid pYT1 was obtained in the same manner as described above.
  • the plasmid pYT1 was digested with Xma I at 37°C for one hour and 1.1 Kbp fragment containing the major portion of the ACTH- ⁇ -LPH precursor gene was isolated from 5% polyacrylamide gel.
  • the 1.1 Kbp fragment was treated with T4 DNA polymerase at 37°C for 30 minutes to form blunt ends and then ligated with Eco RI linker at 15°C for 14 hours to give a DNA fragment of the ACTH- ⁇ -LPH precursor gene having Eco RI restriction sites near both ends.
  • the plasmid pA22 obtained in (A) and the ACTH- ⁇ -LPH fragment obtained in (B) were each digested with Eco RI at 37°C for one hour. Both digested products were ligated together at 15°C for 10 hours in the presence of T4 DNA ligase to give plasmid pYT3.
  • the plasmid pYT3 was digested with Hae III at 37°C and 160 bp fragment to be desired was isolated.
  • Plasmid RSF2124-trp (Gene, 1 , 141-152 (1977)) was digested with Bgl II at 37°C for one hour and the digestion mixtures were subjected to 1% agarose electrophoresis to isolate 2.3 Kbp Bgl II fragment.
  • phage M13mp7 7238 bp; Bethesda Research Laboratories, Inc., USA
  • Bam HI 37°C for one hour.
  • This digested product was ligated to the 2.3 Kbp Bgl II fragment at 15°C for 14 hours with the use of T4 DNA ligase. The ligated product was used for transformation of E .
  • coli JM103 (Bethesda Research) and the transformant was selected by the color of Xgal (5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl- ⁇ -D-galactoside), that is, the color change from blue to white.
  • RF replica form molecule
  • the Eco RI fragment was ligated at 15°C for 14 hours in the presence of T4 DNA ligase to pBR322 which had been digested with Eco RI at 37°C for one hour.
  • the resultant plasmid was used for transforming E . coli HB101 and a plasmid containing Eco RI sites upstream and downstream of the promoter was obtained from the transformant.
  • the resulting plasmid was partially digested with Eco RI at 37°C, treated with T4 DNA polymerase at 37°C for 30 minutes and then religated by the treatment with T4 DNA ligase at 15°C for 14 hours.
  • the religated plasmid was used for transformation of E . coli HB101 and plasmid pBR322trpE of 6.6 Kbp was obtained from the transformant.
  • RF obtained from the transformant was digested with Eco RI at 37°C for one hour and the digestion mixtures were subjected to 5% polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to isolate 190 bp Eco RI fragment containing the gene coding for ⁇ -endorphin.
  • the plasmid pBR322trpE obtained in II was digested with Eco RI at 37°C for one hour and ligated with the 190 bp fragment at 15°C for 14 hours in the presence of T4 DNA ligase.
  • E . coli HB101 was transformed with the ligated plasmid.
  • the transformants were analysed by mini-screening to give the desired plasmid pBR322trpE ⁇ E.
  • the plasmid pBR322trpE ⁇ E was digested with Hpa I at 37°C for one hour in the presence of T4 DNA polymerase to protect the Hpa I site in the trp promoter, further digested with Sal I at 37°C for one hour and subjected to 1% agarose electrophoresis to isolate smaller fragment.
  • pBR322 was digested with Eco RI at 37°C for one hour, treated with T4 DNA polymerase at 37°C for 30 minutes to form blunt end, further digested with Sal I at 37°C for one hour and subjected to 1% agarose electrophoresis to isolate larger fragment.
  • the plasmid pBR322trpE ⁇ E ⁇ P L was digested with Bam HI at 37°C for one hour to obtain 171 bp Bam HI fragment.
  • Plasmid pUC8 (Gene, 19 , 259-268 (1982)) was digested with Bam HI and the resulting larger Bam HI fragment was ligated to the 171 bp Bam HI fragment with the use of T4 DNA ligase at 4°C for 12 hours. After transformation of E . coli HB101, pUC8 ⁇ E was obtained from the transformant. The plasmid was digested with Eco RI and Sal I at 37°C for one hour to give 187 bp Eco RI- Sal I fragment.
  • the transformant containing pHF006 ⁇ E was cultivated on M-9 medium (Experiments in Molecular Genetics, p. 431, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1972)).
  • the grown cells were harvested at the logarithmic phase and 50 ml of the cells were subjected to fractionation to each component by the conventional methods but, in the case of the membraneous components, by the method described in Journal of Bacteriology, 145 , 2, 1085-1090 (1981).
  • the plasmid vector pHF006 ⁇ E was introduced into E . coli N99, the protease activity of which was reduced (Cell, 36 , 43-49 (1984)).
  • the resulting transformant was precultivated on M-9 medium (Experiments in Molecular Genetics, p.431, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1972)) and a part of the precultured cells was inoculated on a fresh medium and further cultivated.
  • the medium was fractionated by centrifugation and the amount of ⁇ -endorphin in the medium was determined by radioimmunoassay using 125I- ⁇ -endorphin as a label. The results are shown in Table 2.
  • the medium at the logarithmic phase (after 6 hours from the inoculation) was dialysed against 10 ml of ammonium bicarbonate, lyophilized to concentrate and subjected to electrophoresis on 19% SDS-polyacrylamide gel. A protein band showing ⁇ -endorphin activity in RIA was found.
  • the plasmid pHF006 ⁇ E was treated with Eco RI, Bal31 and ligase by the conventional methods.
  • the resulting DNA sample was used for transformation of E . coli N99.
  • the plasmid purified from the amipicillin resistant transformant was digested with Pst I and Sal I to analyse the DNA length.
  • the transformant harboring the plasmid from which approximately 90 base pairs in total in both directions from the Eco RI site of pHF006 ⁇ E were deleted by Bal31 digestion was identified.
  • transformant were cultured in M-9 minimal medium to the logarithmic phase and investigated the ⁇ -endorphin activity in the culture medium by radioimmunoassay to determine the transformant E . coli N99 (pHF006 ⁇ ENo.62) strain secreting a fused protein comprising ⁇ -endorphin into the medium.
  • the plasmid pHF006 ⁇ ENo.62 was purified and DNA sequencing of the part coding for the OmpF- ⁇ E fused protein was carried out. The obtained DNA sequence as well as the deduced amino acid sequence of the fused protein to be produced are shown in Fig. 4.
  • the fused protein having ⁇ -endorphin activity in RIA was purified from the culture medium by concentration, desalting and HPLC.
  • the amino acid sequencing showed that the fused protein was a protein which had the amino acid sequence deduced from the entire DNA sequence of Fig. 4 but from which the signal peptide of 22 amino acids was deleted.

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  1. Vecteur plasmidique comprenant un fragment inséré dans un plasmide à l'état circulaire simple (à l'état de relaxation) dérivé de Eschérichia coli, caractérisé en ce que ce fragment consiste en un gène hétérologue codant pour une protéine dérivée placé en aval d'un segment comportant une région régulatrice contenant le promoteur ompF d'Eschérichia coli, la région codant pour le peptide signal de la protéine ompF et 30 nucléotides ou moins du gène de structure ompF.
  2. Vecteur plasmidique selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le segment comprend de 20 à 26 nucléotides du gène de structure ompF.
  3. Procédé pour produire une protéine désirée comprenant l'introduction du vecteur plasmidique selon la revendication 1 ou 2 dans une lignée hôte de Eschérichia coli, dont l'activité protéase a été perdue ou réduite, la culture de l'hôte et la mise en condition de l'hôte cellulaire afin qu'il secrète la protéine produite hors de la cellule.
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